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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2025

From Bits to Bonds: High-Throughput Virtual Screening of Ribonucleic Acid Nanocarriers Using a Combinatorial Approach of Machine Learning and Molecular Dynamics.

Felix Sieber-Schäfer, Jonas Binder, Tim Münchrath, Katharina M Steinegger, Min Jiang, Benjamin Winkeljann, Wolfgang Friess, Olivia M Merkel

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Felix Sieber-SchäferDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Jonas BinderDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Tim MünchrathDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Katharina M SteineggerDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0009-0002-3396-9654
Min JiangDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Benjamin WinkeljannDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6334-6696
Wolfgang FriessDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Olivia M MerkelDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4151-3916

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The implementation of high-throughput methods for fuelling the design of effective nanocarriers for RNA delivery remains challenging. Traditional experimental screening is resource-intensive, while purely computational approaches face limitations, such as data scarcity for machine learning models and the high computational cost of molecular dynamics simulations. This work introduces a high-throughput virtual screening platform, ″Bits2Bonds,″ integrating coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations with machine learning-driven optimization to design novel poly(β-amino ester) (PBAE) carriers for therapeutic siRNA delivery. The platform evaluates virtual polymers using MD-based ″challenges″ that simulate key hurdles in nucleic acid delivery, such as membrane and siRNA interaction (association/dissociation). The computational framework was calibrated and validated against experimental data, including synthesis and characterization of four distinct PBAEs, log

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Drug CarriersHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysMachine LearningMolecular Dynamics SimulationPolymersRNA, Small InterferingHumansDrug Carrierspoly(beta-amino ester)PolymersRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID41297915
PMCPMC12703745

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